Traditional Nursing B.S. Program

As a student at the Wegmans School of Nursing, you will be trained to provide exceptional patient/family-centered care.

With clinical experiences throughout the Rochester region and opportunities to participate in health care mission trips abroad, you'll gain hands-on practice in a variety of real-world settings.

The WSoN Difference

At the Wegmans School of Nursing (WSoN), you will grow as a person and as a professional, developing aptitude in critical thinking, ethical decision making, establishing and maintaining therapeutic relationships, providing and coordinating care, cultural sensitivity, and self-appraisal.

As a nursing student, you will also have numerous opportunities for immersive, experiential learning in the community and abroad.

Nursing B.S. Curriculum

Fisher's Nursing curriculum at the Wegmans School of Nursing is grounded in both the knowledge of the discipline of nursing and the science of evidence-based practice.

During the first two years of the undergraduate Nursing curriculum, you will complete College Core and prerequisite liberal arts and science courses, and participate in non-credit nursing seminars.

After being admitted to the Nursing program in your junior year, you'll engage in the study/practice of nursing theory and evidence-based clinical coursework in the specialties of nursing care including community, adult/older adult, child, psychiatric, and women's health.

The program culminates in a precepted clinical role transition course in the last semester of your senior year.

After Graduation

Nurses are in high demand. After graduation, you will be equipped for an entry-level generalist practice nursing role in any of the numerous local, national, and international health care opportunities available.

You will be prepared to engage in nursing practice that is ethical, responsible, accountable, holistic, technologically competent, scholarly, therapeutic, cost-effective, culturally sensitive, collaborative, innovative, and outcome-oriented.

Latest Nursing News

01/30/2015

On Monday, February 9, four local medical professionals will be on campus for a panel entitled, “The Whole Patient: Teamwork and Effective Healthcare Delivery,” co-sponsored by the Departments of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology along with the Wegmans School of Nursing. The panel will run from 6:00-7:30 p.m. in Basil 135.
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